fafra:

 

Namiko Kitaura

hexapod:

USAF 18th Reconnaissance Squadron 1000 Hours Patch

http://malachiward.tumblr.com/

space-pics:

Astounding rosette nebula [1366x768]

http://space-pics.tumblr.com/

heartmindspirit:

Tycho’s Supernova Remnant: A supernova remnant in the Milky Way about 13,000 light years from Earth.

“A long Chandra observation of Tycho has revealed a pattern of X-ray “stripes” never seen before in a supernova remnant. The stripes are seen in the high-energy X-rays (blue) that also show the blast wave, a shell of extremely energetic electrons. Low-energy X- rays (red) show expanding debris from the supernova explosion. The stripes, seen to the lower right of this composite image that includes optical data from the Digitized Sky Survey, may provide the first direct evidence that a cosmic event can accelerate particles to energies a hundred times higher than achieved by the most powerful particle accelerator on Earth.” 

Scale: Image is 19 arcmin across (about 55 light years) 

scipsy:

Simulation of a Higgs event in a future ILC detector (3-D view).(Copyright 2006 DESY) (via Imagebank Search Detail)